Radio: Biggest Show on Earth

Most TV-set owners end a long stretch of daytime televiewing with an
obscure sense of guilt, as if they had sneaked off to a movie in the
middle of a business day. But last week, as millions sat glued to the
telecasts of the Manhattan hearings of the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee, televiewing was for once accompanied by a glowing sense of
civic purpose.

The hearings were bigger than Berle.* The research firm of Videodex
reported that 69.7% of New York's sets were turned onmore than twice
as many as during a weekday World...